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FOWLER'S and M ALT USCLE You Will Be Carried Away By the beauty of design and coloring in our new Fall carpets. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. 0. Mack & Co. SG-SS THIRD STREET Opposite Chamber of Commerce THEKL0EBER" GREEN RIVER HOT SPRINGS WASHINGTON The Htalih Ptesri f ik Wel $3 PER DAY aid mm UB COMMERCIAL TMYELEKS IN OPTICAL WORK IS WHERE WE SHINE uievm&z: Cr. TKlrit mm WaiUa4ei IN. LOOKS LIKE JEFF Should Win Fight Any Time After Tenth. CORBETT HAS NO FEARS No Denying He Has Trained Better Than Champion. HIS NEW PUNCH STORY TRUE The Situation la a Xatsbell I That It's Corbett' Fight if He Can Stay Away, Jeffries If He Can Land. SOT A SEAT WILL BE VACANT. SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. Bottlng on the Jeffries-Corbett fight Is compara tively Usfct at prevailing odd of I to -J In the champion" favor. The attendance promises to exceed 12,000. and so fast have the tickets been sold, notwithstanding the big prices asked; that additional seats have been placed In the pavilion. "When time Is called tomorrow night there Is not likely to be an unoccupied seat commanding a view of the ring. SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. Staff cor respondence.) I can't see anything but Jeffries. The big fellow is certainly fit. and if the battle is on the square, ana tonight there seems to bo no Indication that would lead one to believe It Is not. he should win any time after ten rounds. I saw Jeffries stripped this afternoon In the Reliance Club over In Oakland. He was as brown as the proverbial berry, his eyes "were bright, and he was extremely fast for a heavyweight! He Is confident of winning, and for a man on the eve of a great championship battle, he is uncon cerned, and his nerves. If he has any, are as steady as the North star. And yet, while It seems paradoxical to becoming champion ot the world. Corbett has trained himself for the coming or deal with the greatest of care, and in spite of the worry of his friends he has not overworked himself and has not grown Btale as they feared ho would. Corbett .Will Be Careful. That Corbett intends fighting a careful battle is sure. He will not make the fatal mistake he did In New York. He will enter the ring amid cheers and applause of the great- crowd present, and unless I am greatly mistaken, those cheers and applause will turn Into Jeers and Jibes, for he Is going to carry the big fellow along B.C his top speed, but while doing so will keep out of harm's way. Ho will not run away. Instead, he will stall Jeffries, worry the big fellow, dash Into clinches and when they are locked will rough It just as hard as Jeffries. Corbett has trained for this. Ho has prepared himself for a long fast Journey and unless all signs fall he will tire Jeffries until he is no longer dangerous, outpoint him during the last stages, and win the fight on points. This will not suit the crowd, but Corbett cares nothing about this. He wants the title, the honor that goes with It and the long end of the purse. Corbett la the Better Condition. Jeffries has not neglected himself, but he has not undergone the careful prepa ration that Corbett has. Last night, he went to the theater, was up until after 12 o'clock, and did not wake from his alumbers until after 10 o'clock this morn ing, and in consequence a couple of hun- dred admirers and friends were disap pointed when they journeyed across the bay In hopes of seeing him in action in the morning. "When he did get-up, he ate a big breakfast, sauntered around town and did no work until 3 o'clock. There was a great crowd In the club, and it was made up of the Town Council and the entire city government, which Included the Mayor and the Janitor In the city's employ. In short, Oakland's City government took a half holiday in order to watch Jeffries do some shadow boxing and to see him stripped. There was none of this carelessness in the Corbett camp. The ex-champlon, so I am told, went to bed with the chickens, and was up with the sun this morning. I saw him working out for a brief spell dur ing the afternoon. He was systematic in what he did. It was not hard, but ter rifically fast, and he finished strong, and it seemed as If he could have continued for the rest of the day without blowing or tiring. He finished with Yank Kenncy, who Is equally as fast as Jeffries, and Corbett made him look, like a sprinter tied to a post. v Corbett Has a Xew Paacfe. All the talk about his muscle building Is true. He has developed a most wonderful punch, but whether it has enough steam behind it to put the champion away, is another question. I don't think Corbett has developed this punch for the purpose of knocking Jeffries out He has developed It to sting the giant, to goad and weaken him so that when he, Corbett. gets ready he will be able to hit him at will. What I said about Corbett building- up muscle at the expense of his nerves is true, and In spite of the outward ruggedncss of his body he will not be able to stand up tinder those awful punches that Jeffries it capable of sending In. His only chance to win is to stay away, lor If Jeffries ver laasa .fairly on "Gentleman Jim," Vb cewat will follow just a sure as it rains in Oregon, so after all the talk has been threshed over, its Corbett's fight If he can stay away, and Jeffries tight. quick and easily, If he can land effectively. I JcffriespHeaTicr Than Before. Jeffries is heavier than he has ever been at the close of "training for any of his former engagements, and to the men who handle him this condition seems to be most pleasing. Heretofore it has always been next to Impossible to get him to let up in bis wore, and In consequence he has always come to the center just a trifle finely drawn. It has been the act of Billy Deianey from the first so to arrange mat ters that there would be no stall of over training for this event. He has striven for nothing but to get speed into 'the big fel low's action, and how well he has suc ceeded was Indicated' by the smile of sat isaction that played! about his lips while Jeffries was going through his stunts at the Reliance Club foday. Jeffries' weight; as indicated by the marker on the scales of the Reliance Club, Just after his short exhibition this morn, ng, was 218 poun& flush, and he says that Li his best fighting weight. For his mill with Gus Ruhlin Jeffries tipped the beam at 207 pounds. He weighed 211 -when he put Corbett out before, and his figure in the recent engagement with Lanky Bob was just 213 pounds His Fellow .More Than Confident. "You might talk from now until the bell rings curtains on the last fight on top of earth, and you could say no more than I have already sold about this battle," said Jeffries this afternoon. "I have not neg lected my tralnlngi Everything that has been done has been with the full sanction of Billy Deianey. He is satisfied with my condition. I know I was never in bet ter condition in my JIfe, and If I ever ex pected to win a fight, this is the one. When I will win It, how I will fight, and what round will mark the close are ques tions no man can answer. I can only say I will take the money at the earliest op portunity. I have-fl?ured on every kind of a battle Corbett con put up, and he will find me more than ready to carry the mill ing to him. "I do -not believe that he can keep away from mo for ten rounds. Certainly ho cannot for 15, bntAI will be there with the punch whencveriho opportunity offers, and Corbett and 'his admirers will know that something has happened when I land on him." One of the first men to give the big champion the handshake when he arrived In Oakland last nipit was John Consldlne, a prominent sport from the Northwest, who has journeyed from. Seattle to place a goodly .amount of the needful on Jef fries. Jeffries received a telegram from Harry Stewart, a well-known Los Angeles sport ing man, today. Stewart wires that the Jeffries special left tho Orange Grove City this afternoon. She carries 300 admirers of the big fellow from his own town. "What Corbett Has to Say. "I don't care if I ars hurt. I don't care If both my-arras o-iijjroken. I would cs tomorrow. 6 -words were spoken by Jim Cor bett as he stepped Into the gymnasium at Crolls' Gardens in Alameda, this morning, ready to go through his dally amount of training for the big fight tomorrow night. Nor were they words spoken In Idle bom bast They were the deliberate utterances of a man who meant every word he said, and the seriousness of bis face backed up the assertion. "I have been doing everything that mor tal man could do for the last 15 months to get Into condition for this fight, and now that I have about finished my work, I am satisfied. I am fit to make the fight of my life tomorrow night, and If I don't win, I never could or never can win against the man. Win or lose, I will say the same thing after the fight that I say now. I like the job I am about to go up against, and will do my best to come out the victor. Realises. Odd Are Against Him. "Of course," continued Corbett, as If weighing his every chance, "I realize that everything, you might say, Is against me in this fight. I am attempting what jib man has ever accomplished beforo, to win back a championship that I have lost. It is against all precedent, but they have got to show me. As I said before, I am In the fight to win." All day long telegrams from the East and West and North and South came pouring in for tho actor-fighter. They were all full of encouragement Among the senders were Tom O'Rourke and "Honest John" Kelly, of New York; Billy Consldlne, of Detroit; Hugh Smith, of Brooklyn, and several friends from Port land. Many friends of the big fighter also besieged Corbett's quarters. Parson Da vies was over today, and Harry Kelly, of San Francisco, brought over a party of friends. At 11 o'clock Corbett called his faithful followers together and crossed over to the gymnasium under the trees by the beach. Dr. E. M. Keyes, of Alameda, was In the party, and when the big fighter had stripped he gave way to exclamations of delight. "Your condition is simply per fect,' he said. "You are In finer fettle than on any day since you have been training." City lit Filled With Stranger. San Francisco tonight is filled with strangers, and they are not Grand Army veterans, either. The vanguard of that vast passing throng is on hand, and arm less coat sleeves and badges are to be seen In the crowd that congregate around the various sporting headquarters. There is a world of talk, pro and con. but so far betting on the battle has been slight. Tonight tho prevailing odds are two to one, but within the next 24 hours there will be a- shift In the betting. There seems to be plenty of Corbett money In sight, but for some reason the holders are not laying it- This seems strange. In view of the fact that every ticket In the great hall where the fight Is to be pulled off is sold, and not a ticket, but a few in the hands of scalpers, are t.o be had for love or money. Twenty-dollar tickets are be ing grabbed up at J40. and Easterners are glad to get a chance to pay that price for the pasteboards. W. G. M. XEIL FOULS FORBES, BUT tVIXS. Referee Graney Lesen HI Head, aa& Many Fear for TenJjcht. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. (Staff cor respondence.) The outcome of the Forbes Nell fight tonight, which was won by (Concluded oe Tae la) CM Fires into a Kansas Crowd of 5000. FOUR PERSONS FALL DEAD Three Are Dying, and No Less Than Twenty Injured. BAUD CONCERT IS BROKEN UP Demented Miller Taken Deliberate- Aim at Musicians "With a. Shotfraa and When. Crowd Closes In He Shoots Right and 'Left. WIN FIELD, Kan., Aug. 13. At 3 o'clock tonight, while Camen's Band was playing its weekly concert on 'Main street to a crowd of 000 people, Gilbert Twigg, a crazy man, 30 years of age, opened fire on the crowd with a double-barreled shotgun loaded with heavy bullets. As a result. four are now dead, three are dying, and no less than 20 Injured, perhaps five or six fatally. The dead: Sterling Race, a carpenter. Dawson Timotson, a barber, whose brains were blown out. Bog Bowman, a carpenter, of Oxford, Kan. - Gilbert Twigg, the man who did the shooting, was killed by Officer Nichols. The known Injured are: Mrs. John Bal lard, shot in the neck; James Clarkson, shot In, back and arm; R. E. Oliver, shot in shoulder and back; Clyde Reed, shot in hip; J. B. Story, shot in chest and knee; William Wllkins, shot In knee;- Charles Thomas, shot in knee; Charles Balrd. shot in arm; Port Smith, shot in head; Elmer Farn8worth, shot in bowels: Otis Carter, shot In head; Arthur Hansford. William Connehman, William Moore, Arley Bour dette, Elmer Davis, Claude Wagoner, Samuel Compton, Ben Ridgeway, also badly Injured. , Takes Deliberate Aim. Tho band had Just finished, playing a waltz when Twigg- stcrjped.out fromJnn al- jikuuui ;uiuw7UW3 .i!....., ivjirt, t .A li. Ijr raKing' aim .at inc. Danastano urea, two shots. Oliver, the bandman, fell at the first shot, but the crowd, riot realizing what had happened, rushed toward the killer, believing there had been an acci dental shooting of some kind. As the crowd closed In, the crazy man discharged two more shots at them, causing a scat tering In every direction. With the crowd fleeing, the man stood In a demoniacal attitude, firing at random In every direction. Men and women howled and shrieked and ran, but no one seemed able to stop the frightful carnage until Officer George Nichols confronted him and fired a bullet into his head. But before life was extinct, the demented man drew a revolver from his pocket and' fired a shot into his own body. Dead and Dylnpr All Over the Street The dead and dying by this tlmo were scattered all over the street,- and the frightened people, not knowing where the shooting was coming from, sought safety in every quarter. It was fully half an hour before they realized what had hap pened and recovered sufficiently to take care of the Injured. Twigs was a miller by trade. The boys around town commonly referred to him as "crazy Twigg," but no one thought he was dangerous. A few years ago he went to New Mexico, returning In time to enlist atf a soldier for the Philippines. POTATOES CAUSE STRIKE Firemen Stop Steamer's EnRlncn Be cause of "Wny Vesetable Is Cooked. CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Because six of Its members are In jail In South Haven. Mich., charged with mutiny, the Marine Firemen's Union has declared war on the large passenger steamer Eastland, and says that It shall not leave port until the men have been released. The six firemen quit work today while the boat was in the middle of Lake Mich igan, and refused to perform their duty because they were not served with mashed potatoes at dinner. Glenn Wat son and William Watson, who are charged by the officers of the boat with being the rlncleaders. were put In irons and their companions were driven below and kept prisoners until the boat reacnea soutn Haven, when they were all manacleu and marched to Jail. The boat left Chicago with t passen gers, bound for South Haven. About noon, when it had reached the middle of the lake the machinery stopped, and when Captain Peru hastened to find out the cause of the trouble he was confronted by the firemen, who said they would not work because they hati not been given mashed potatoes. The cook explained that the first crew at dinner had eaten all the mashed potatoes, but more were In prep aration and would be ready In a few min utes. In the meanwhile the men Were of fered plain boiled potatoes, and these they refused to eat, declining at the same time to go to work. The Captain gave the men 3 minutes to go to work after the boat had been delayed 20 minutes, and the men refusing, he summoned the offi cers of the ship and placed them under arrest. The ringleaders made a hard fight before they were subdued, but were finally placed In Irons. Two firemen re mained on duty, anti with these steam was got up and the boat went on to South Haven. The officers of the Marine Fire men's Union support their men in the action taken and declare they will call a strike on the steamer, and that no firemen will work on her. Datic Slant Be Refunded. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. A large sum In duties already collected will be refunded under a decision Just handed down by Judge Hazel in the United States Circuit Court. The court affirms a decision . of the board of general appraisers, who levied a duty of 51.73 a gallon. In place of J2.23, assessed by the Collector of the port on several shipments of absinthe, arrach and other French cordials. An -appeal may be taken to the higher courts, but the Government has already been defeated twice In similar test cases.. OREGON MEN "WILL LOSE Edward L. Dvryer, of Xew York, Goes Iato Bankruptcy. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. Among tho peti tions In bankruptcy filed today with the clerk of the United States District Court was that of Edward L. Dwyer, who re sides at the Hotel Rossmore, who fixes his liabilities at J371.S55, and assets at $150. Of the total liabilities. $121,800 are se cured. Tho principal creditors are: Estate of Granville S. Ingraham, Chicago J53,000 Estate of Benjamin E. Bates, Boston 17,000 laecurca d- nypotnecauon oi siock of the Flavel Land & Development Company, of Oreiron.1 A. P. Hine, Torrlngton. Conn 13,000 George M. Bogue, Chicago 10,000 Alex McNeil. Litchfield, Conn.... 10,000 LNainaniei u. Read 40,wm William H. Davis, London 33,000 Estate of Culver G. Thyng. Olean, N. Y. 12,000 A. T. Totman, Fairfield 20,000 G. Conzales. Cabsol. Zacatecas, Mexico 10.000 Kelly Tucker. New Haven 10,000 W. J. Cook. Astoria. Or. 4.500 Kelly, Tucker & Co., 54 Beekman street i.uw His downfall Is the result of specula tion. Dwyer was born in Connecticut 43 years ago, and at the age of 25 went to Mexico, where he realized $1,000,000 through the development of land and the construction of a railroad. Then he went to Chicago and entered into wheat speculation, and for some time was known as "The Na poleon of the W.eat-Plt" In his wheat speculations It Is said he made several millions, but finally lost all. In 1S93 he met and married the Duchess De Castel luchla, a New York wpman, who many years previous had married an Italian nobleman. The Duchess possessed many acres of orange groves In Florida. She was 73 years of age. and Dwyer 33. Not long after the marriage Mrs. Dwyer died, leaving an estate of over $3,000,000. She bequeathed only $1 Oto Dwyer. The will was fought for six years, but finally was admitted to probate by the Surrogate of New York City. After the death of his wife, Dwyer went all over the West, organizing mineral and land companies, many of which are said to have returned vast sums of money to the Investors, of which he says he has re ceived little or nothing. In 1300 Dwyer enlisted in the Marine Corps in the Brooklyn navy-yard for c term ot three years, and was sent to Manila, where he was known as the "millionaire marine." After one year's service, on the applica tion of friends, he received an honorable discharge. VOLCANO CAUSES PANIC. Lava From A'e'n.vius I Going Swiftly Toward a Vllluse. ROME, Aug. 13. Mount Vesuvius Is again causing intense alarm in the sur rounding -region,. erupUrtas of tho- volcano belnlg very- heavy todaV. Front a fresh opening at the base of the principal cra ters two streams of lava are issuing, which within a few hours today covered a "wide tract of ground. One stream Is going swiftly toward the village of Otta jano, the direction taken by the famous eruption of 1S72. Panic prevails, the pop ulation crowding the churches to pray or gather in open spaces for safety. Experts, however, affirm that, so far there is no reason to fear a serious dlsas POLICE NAB YOUNG MILES Son of the General Rides Upon Bicy cle Path Without a License. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. For riding on the side paths- without a license being dis played upon his bicycle, Sheridan, son of Lleutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, re tired, has been arrested near East Hamp ton, L. I. Upon learning that he had just arrived from Washington and was unfamiliar with the laws, the Justice dis missed the case. CONTENTS OP TODAY'S PAPSR. Domestic. Insane man fires Into a crowd of 5000 at Wln flcld, Kan., killing four, fatally wounding three and Injuring 20. Page 1. I. M. Parry, president of Manufacturers' As sociation, puts labor unions and mobs In the same category. Page . National. President will likely convene Congress in extra session In October, Instead of November. Page 2. Chances are very slim that Colombia will ratify the Panama Canal treaty. Page 2. Foreign. Russia decides on policy of peace In the Far Bast Page 3. Macedonians, disappointed In receiving Ameri can sympathy in war with Turkey, charge press Is bribed. Page 3. Servian Cabinet resigns, and King Peter threatens to abdicate. Page 3. Pacific Co ant. Ex-Mayor Byrne commences active warfare on ex-Senator Turner for control ot Spokane County Democracy. Page 1. Wheat yield in Wasco and Sherman Counties better than was expected. Page 4. E. S. Clifton, of Castle Rock. Wash., is drowned in Spirit Lake, h- foot of Mount St Helens. Pace 4. Masked men raid Baker City saloon and take the rolls of the gambling games. Page 5. Sports. Jeffries should win fight with Corbett any time after the tenth round. Page 1. Referee Graney loses his bead in Forbes-Nell fight, and gives decision to Nell, who com mitted a foul. Page 1. American yacht wins Canadas cup. Page 10. Scores of Pacific Coast League: Seattle 7, Portland 2; Sacramento 6, Los Angeles. 5; Oakland 3, San Francisco Page 1L Scores of Pacific National League; Tacoma 3. San Francisco 0: Butte 4, Salt Lake 2; Seattle 10, Los Angeles, 2; Helena 0. Spo kane 4. Page 1L Commercial aad Marine. Record of failures In July. Page 13. Wheat closes 1 cents Higher at Chicago. Page 13. Upward rush of prices on New Torfc stock marfeet. Page 13. Review of the Iron and steel trade. Page 13. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 13. Port of Portland Commission discusses Penin sula oil district. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Politicians wonder If ex-Senator Simon Is a candidate for re-election. Page 14. Major G. C. von Egloffstein Is sued for debt Page 8. Police order Dlavolo not to loop the loop with woman on his shoulders. Page 14. Idaho will help to advertise Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 12. Charles S. Fee predicts railroad rates will favor the Northwest. Page 12. Boy confesses that with other youths be fired houseboat- Page 8. IR ON TURNER Byrne Will Contest Con trol in Spokane. RAILROADS MAIN ISSUE Ex-Mayor Is Identified With Those Interests. HF. WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR Ex-Senator Believes Only Chance lots Democratic Success Lien In Nomi nating a Man W ho Will Get Dis affected Republican Votes. Ex-Senator Turner has never forgot ten nor forgiven the railroad Influence for nipping his Senatorial aspirations in 1S05. He was a Republican then, and Levi Ankeny. seeing he himself could not be electe'l, attempted to turn his strength over to" Turner. A. F. Burleigh, railroad, attorney, prevented the transfer, remembering Turner's ac tivity In behalf of rate legislation. SPOKANE Wash., Aug. 13. (Special.) The candidacy of ex-Mayor P. S. Byrne for Governor promises a sharp fight be tween Byrne and ex-Senator Georgo Turner for control of the Democratic party in Spokane County. Senator Turner is completely in control of the Democratic organization at this time, and if Byrno wins he must win a fight against the organization. Turner doesn't want to run for Governor himself. His closest friends are thordugh ly convinced of that But be has mada It perfectly plain that he favors making the next Democratic campaign on the railroad commission Issue. He believes the Republicans will turn down Gov ernor McBrldo and nominate a candi date for Governor who will be satisfac tory to the railroads. In that event ho think j the Dentteratlc candidate should be one who can command' the support of that element of the Republican party, which has supported Governor McBride's policy. Byrne is almost avowedly a railroad man. His political interests are in chargo of a little banci of organized labor lead ers, who believe an alliance can be formed between the labor vote and the railroads, which will be invincible. It is a curious fact In Washington that of the men whom the labor unions have sent to the Legisla ture, nearly all of them have been friend ly to the railroads. The Byrne peoplo want to carry this idea to its full fruition, and form a hard-and-fast combination. Turner and Byrne Unfriendly. Turner and Byrne are unfriendly. Out wardly they maintain a semblance of friendship, but twice their followers have crossed swords in the Democratic pri maries, ana both times Turner has won. Last year Byrne, while Mayor, sought to snatch the control of the county machin ery from the Turnerites. The Turner peo ple won the primaries, controlled the con vention, nominated Turner's ticket for the Legislature, and elected most of it at the polls. Last Spring Byrne sought a renomina tlon as Mayor. He demanded Turner'3 support on the ground that after his pre vious drubbing he had supported tho Turner Legislative ticket loyally. Turner personally made no move against him, but his friends old. They again captured the primaries, turned Byrne down, and nomi nated State Senator Huber Rasher for Mayor. Byrne bolted, ran as an Independ ent labor candidate, and got more votes than Rasher. He was third in the race and Rasher was fourth. Had Turner lifted his hand Byrne would have been the regular Democratic nominee, and probably would have been elected. Disliking Byrne personally and opposing his attitude on the railroad question,, it is generally recognized here that Senator Turner will endeavor to stamp out tho Byrne boom for Governor. Hitherto his control of the party in his home county has been absolute. His friends say It will be Just as absolute again. Byrne's friends say that If Turner "butts Into" the fight against Byrne they will turn him down. Turner's Real Ambition.. It is pretty well known here that Sena tor Turner wants to head the Democratic delegation to the National convention, and It Is probably a safe prediction that his wish in that respect will be gratified. Circumstances have placed him at tho head of the Democratic party in the state, and a state convention would prob ably name him, regardless of whether ho had the support of his own county. Turner stands with Byrne. He is unal terably opposed to party reorganization. He dislikes the Eastern Democracy with, the same intensity that Byrne dislikes it His arrival In the Democratic party dates from the Byrne era. He has fought tho old-time Democracy all his life fought It in the South In the reconstruction era. and fought it for years after he came North. With Democrats of the Grover Cleveland stamp he has neither patience nor sym pathy. He longs to take a hand in the fight for party control which will be waged at the Democratic National Con vention. Moreover, should the Cleveland wing of the party win it will Ieavo Turner in an embarrassing position. He supported the Democratic ticket in 1SS6 and In 1S00 for Identically the same reason that the Cleveland people refused to support it. His public utterances, both In and out ot the Senate, bristle with sentiments an- (Concluded on Page 3.)